diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 75a6b1f..e58b431 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width" />
 
   <title>Plant Wiki</title>
+  <meta name="description" content="I put my houseplants here." />
   
   {% set feathersrc = load_data(url="https://unpkg.com/feather-icons") %}
   <script>{{ feathersrc | safe }}</script>